Science Technician, Research Scientist

Role:
Technician

Grade and Salary:
Grade 4 (£24,700 - £26,615) pro rata

FTE and working pattern: 0.14 FTE (5 hours per week) fixed term for 5 months

Holiday Entitlement: 28 days annual leaveplus 9 buildings-closed days (and Christmas Eve when it falls on a weekday). Use our total rewards calculator:  to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.

The purpose of the role is to maintain and populate a website with information about personnel, research projects, events and publications related to the Energy Simulation chair programmes at Heriot-Watt University. The post holder will be a student member of the Energi Simulation chair research teams led by Professors Arne Skauge and Eric Mackay, and will collect information about their own and fellow research students’ projects, and use this information to populate and update a web site that they will be responsible for building and maintaining.

They will also collate news information, publications, publishable data sets, and conference opportunities from research and support staff associated with chair teams for inclusion on the website.

• Collect information about their own and fellow research students’ projects
• Use this information to populate and update a web site that they will be responsible for building and maintaining
• Collate news information, publications, publishable data sets, and conference opportunities from research and support staff associated with chair teams for inclusion on the website
• Some travel may be required for conferences, training courses, and industry events

Please note that this job description is not exhaustive, and the role holder may be required to undertake other relevant duties commensurate with the grading of the post. Activities may be subject to amendment over time as the role develops and/or priorities and requirements evolve.

• Educated to SCQF Level 7-8 (HNC/HND) or equivalent in Physics/Chemistry/Mathes/Chemical Engineering. Petroleum Engineering, Geo Energy Engineering or extensive experience in a similar role.
• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages; CMG (CMOST, STARS, GEM), ECLIPSE
• Demonstrable ability to work quickly, flexibly, and accurately.
• Intimately familiar with the Energi Simulation chair programmes and associated student projects at Heriot-Watt University

• Competent in the use of relevant IT packages; MATLAB & Word Press.
• Familiar with the stakeholders of the Energi Simulation research programmes and their objectives.

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g., part-time working and job share options.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website  and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers  .

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Professor Eric Mackay and Professor Arne Skauge from the Institute of Geo Energy Engineering (IGE) at the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society are pleased to continue and grow their research activities in energy transition, thanks to an investment exceeding $1M Canadian Dollars from Energi…